Donating billions is not impressive at all, particularly after one's death. A billionaire can donate 99.99% of his wealth and have zero measurable impact on his standard of living, whereas a poor person donating 10% could be the difference between whether he can feed his children or not. Formation of the Getty Foundation was not charity, nor an act of kindness, nor even as you put it "a nice gesture". It was buying a name for himself in perpetuity. Lionizing the wealthy for their philanthropy post mortem is a little gross of you.
This man refused to pay the ransom on his grandchild's kidnapping, with tragic results, not because it was against principle to pay ransoms, but because he was too cheap. He ultimately allowed his son to pay, but only loaned him the ransom money at interest.
Furthermore he is not offering 100K images. His foundation directors have done so long after his death.
This man was a moustache-twirling caricature of supervillain-level miserly evil. He could have given 100 times the amount he did to his foundation and still would be deserving of derision.
Donating billions is not impressive at all, particularly after one's death. A billionaire can donate 99.99% of his wealth and have zero measurable impact on his standard of living, whereas a poor person donating 10% could be the difference between whether he can feed his children or not. Formation of the Getty Foundation was not charity, nor an act of kindness, nor even as you put it "a nice gesture". It was buying a name for himself in perpetuity. Lionizing the wealthy for their philanthropy post mortem is a little gross of you.
This man refused to pay the ransom on his grandchild's kidnapping, with tragic results, not because it was against principle to pay ransoms, but because he was too cheap. He ultimately allowed his son to pay, but only loaned him the ransom money at interest.
Furthermore he is not offering 100K images. His foundation directors have done so long after his death.
This man was a moustache-twirling caricature of supervillain-level miserly evil. He could have given 100 times the amount he did to his foundation and still would be deserving of derision.